powernana@sweetasyo
What I did was contact YouTube Help Support, and I really pushed them to turn my monetization back on. Because there are even channels that clearly have example videos violating the rules, yet their monetization suddenly got turned back on even though they didn’t delete those violating videos.
I kept pushing until they brought in someone they called a “support specialist supervisor.” And because I kept insisting, they eventually ended my chat support session with them. But after that, I received an email from that supervisor saying that I had to wait 90 days. However, this time, at the bottom of the email, there was a note saying:
“We’ve shared some helpful resources with you, and we really encourage you to take a look at those.”
Not long after that, I got a DM from the YouTube team on X. The message said:
“Misleading family content is content that, intentionally or unintentionally, could attract young minors and families but contains mature themes such as sexual content or violence. An example of this is content that takes characters that children know and love (animated or live action).”
Then they gave me two of my videos that violated the policy. After I checked, both videos were from a game called Stupidella, which contains characters like Teletubbies and Masha and the Bear.
So my conclusion is that the videos causing our channels to get demonetized are those that contain characters loved by children, or videos that are considered appealing to kids. That’s probably why many animation channels are getting demonetized.
I don’t know exactly how it works, but I suggest you delete videos that contain children’s characters like SpongeBob, Peppa Pig, Rainbow Friends, Mickey Mouse, etc. I even deleted Roblox and Sprunki videos because I was worried they might be considered appealing to kids. I also removed games with mascot horror characters like Garten of Banban and Poppy Playtime.
If you can’t delete them, at least check your descriptions, titles, and tags. Make sure there are no cartoon character names or anything that could attract children.
My advice for animation channels: avoid making characters that are too cute or have overly cute voices but honestly, I’m not too sure about animation channels.
Thank you so much for all your support. I hope all of our channels’ monetization can return as soon as possible.
